The US state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The federal lawsuit in the US district court in Alaska filed on Monday challenges the federal government’s December 2024 decision to add restrictions to an […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Why would President Trump want to Annex Greenland? Is it for the weather or critical minerals? January 7, 2025 Clark Savage Ok, there is a lot of speculation today from X around Donald Trump Jr.’s trip to Greenland. I watched the call with President Trump calling into a town hall-style gathering, and […]
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Shearwater Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices has started the second acquisition season for the Pelotas Basin multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Brazil. This new acquisition, conducted in partnership with Searcher Seismic, will be the sixth multi-client 3D project for the joint venture and will utilise the SW Empress vessel to expand the Pelotas […]
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The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has activated an advanced UK-led reaction system to track potential threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor the Russian shadow fleet, following damage to a major undersea cable in the Baltic Sea. The JEF is a UK-led Northern European multinational military partnership. The tanker Eagle S which is part of the […]
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Laredo Oil, Inc., an oil exploration and production company with over 30,000 net acres of mineral rights in the West Fork field located north of the Fort Peck reservation in Montana, today announced that it has initiated preparations to drill the first of three planned exploratory wells in the field. \”As previously reported, we are […]
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Equinor UK and Shell UK are joining forces to create the UK North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer. Combining their offshore assets and expertise into a 50/50 joint venture, the new company will focus on sustaining domestic oil and gas production, ensuring the UK’s energy security and maximising the value of the maturing […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Politics Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters January 6, 2025 Mariel Alumit We talked about this on our Daily Stand Up (http://energynewsbeat.co/biden-eyes-drilling-ban/ and no less than 12 hour later it comes through – we already see prices going up…will be interesting to see how incoming […]
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We talked about this on our Daily Stand Up (http://energynewsbeat.co/biden-eyes-drilling-ban/ and no less than 12 hour later it comes through – we already see prices going up…will be interesting to see how incoming President Trump handles this – Michael President Biden is taking executive action to protect more than 625 million acres of the […]
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Biden blocks 625M acres from offshore drilling, citing climate risks, as oil groups protest and Trump pledges to boost U.S. energy production. President Biden has blocked new offshore drilling for oil and gas in several parts of the country about two weeks before President-elect Trump takes office. [emphasis, links added] Biden has announced that he’ll […]
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HOUSTON, Jan. 06 /BusinessWire/ — Halliburton Energy Services (NYSE:HAL) and Coterra Energy Inc. (NYSE:CTRA) announced the launch of autonomous hydraulic fracturing technology in North America with the Octiv Auto Frac service, which is part of the ZEUS platform. This technology automates stage delivery execution with the push of a button. Coterra is the first operator to fully […]
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